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Why Global Warming?
By Jared | March 13, 2008
“Created to take a stand against the greatest threat our planet has ever faced, Earth Hour uses the simple action of turning off the lights for one hour to deliver a powerful message about the need for action on global warming….Originating in Sydney in 2007, the Earth Hour campaign has now gained global attention. As a result, on 8pm March 29, 2008 millions of people in some of the world’s major capital cities will unite and switch off for Earth Hour. See what is happening in your city and how you can get involved.”
This is a direct quote from earthhour.org, a website devoted to raising awareness about global warming. Whatever side of the political spectrum you happen to fall on, you almost certainly agree that the international furor over global warming has grown to truly huge proportions over the past few years (rightfully or not).
I would argue not. And I would also argue WHY not. First, take a quote from Timothy Ball, one of Canada’s first PH.Ds. in climatology:
“What would happen if tomorrow we were told that, after all, the Earth is flat? It would probably be the most important piece of news in the media and would generate a lot of debate. So why is it that when scientists who have studied the Global Warming phenomenon for years say that humans are not the cause nobody listens?”
(http://www.canadafreepress.com/2007/global-warming020507.htm)
Ball makes an extremely good point. Global warming does not have backing from the scientific community as a whole, and in fact, is not driven by “science” but by politics. There has never been good data to indicate that mankind is behind any kind of warming trend here on earth, even if it is taking a nice cold winter (and a sun going into an inactive phase) to make the point.
If you want an essay on “why global warming doesn’t exist” you’ll have to look elsewhere. (You can start with Ball’s article.) I’m not an expert on that and see no need to become one. On the other hand, I do have eyes, and it doesn’t take a genius to see that the motivation behind the “global warming” hysteria is politically, not scientifically, motivated.
This is a tool, folks. The left wing in the world is using it as a lever to get what they want. It’s the politics of fear writ large. How large? In billions or trillions of dollars. Nor does it take a conspiracy theorist to see how it happened. Global cooling, which predated it, was bad science as well.
Both have been used in the same way—to get people to support a certain segment of the political ruling class in our society. In politics, all too often, the end justifies the means. Left-wing politicians saw an opportunity to increase their own power and took it. No need to be sure if something is true before you use it to get power for yourself. It doesn’t have to be true. It just has to be believable.
It was a ripple effect. One person picked it up, then another, then another. Soon, it was a world-wide issue.
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